Here is our first real injury list of the year. Very interesting to see quite a few names there of people who are on our Dream Team radar… and some guns who we mightn’t see early in the season. If some of your players are here, it’s time to think twice!

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Author: Warnie
Co-CEO of DT Talk. My best ever fantasy finish was 13th overall in 2009, but I've been shit since! Maybe I need to take other peoples advice and not my own?! Follow me on Twitter: @WarnieDT

ben jacobs injury may be a blessing in disguise as he will be a brilliant downgrade target when heppell peaks around rnd 10,11 or 12 then can upgrade harris to ablett with money from heppell to jacobs.

Lobbe’s shoulder injury really hurts my structure as he was my ruck/forward bench warmer to swap with Petrie in the forward line. Now it’s either the useless Tippett on the bench or Petrie to the bench and a youngster in the forward line.

Yeah, the extra 70k you spend on Hale might seem like a lot now sitting on the pine, but it could prove a good investment as a might make you a hundred grand or so, then you can downgrade him to Tippett 9or any other rookie ruckman) later in the season. That’s the path i’m gonna go down.

Add to that Nick Riewoldt who is apparently ‘not quite fit’ and Sam Gilbert who has a ‘slight hammy’ according to coach Ross Lyon. Of course, skeptics might think they are being shielded from a hammering from fans and opposition in the wake of their indiscretions…

Jonathan Brown (groin) -1 week
With the lingering effects those type of injurys tend to have .. especially in players with his age/gamestyle .. This’ll probably count him out of many more initial squads.

Gary Ablett (groin/hip) – TBA
Hopefully that keeps him under performing till just before their 2nd bye in round9 .. also may give swallow/harris/bennell & co a chance to fulfill their cashcow potential quicker *fingers crossed*

Yeah I hate seeing Jonathan Brown injured. He is a DT gun! But if you had him him last season it was a shocker…. worse if you traded him in! You would be hesitant seeing him injured… hopefully it is only 1 week and then injury free.

Don’t think of bringing in Lake for round 1- a very big risk that could hurt your selection. Potential downgrade target for me and M Hibberd could be the next Michael Barlow and is a great DPP link with Heppell.